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Wordnet 3.0

ADVERB (1)

1. in every practical sense;
- Example: "to all intents and purposes the case is closed"
- Example: "the rest are for all practical purposes useless"
[syn: for all practical purposes, to all intents and purposes, for all intents and purposes]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

for all intents and purposes
    adv 1: in every practical sense; "to all intents and purposes
           the case is closed"; "the rest are for all practical
           purposes useless" [syn: for all practical purposes, to
           all intents and purposes, for all intents and
           purposes]